A Case Dermal Melanocyte Hamartoma.
- Author:
Jin Gon JANG
;
Sung Hyun PARK
;
Kwang Hoon LEE
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Dermal melanocyte hamartoma;
Dermal melanocytosis
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Adult;
Dermis;
Hamartoma*;
Hand;
Humans;
Melanocytes*;
Parturition
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1988;26(6):956-959
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 26-year-old man presented with a bluish speckled patch on the dorsum of the left hand. It had apperaed at birth as a bluish spot. Since adolescence the lesion extended and at the time of visiting hospital it covered the most part of the dorsum of the left hand and even some palmar aspect. The histopathological and ultrastructural examination revealed numerous dermal melanocytes, mainly in the upper dermis. Clinically and pathologically, the patient was diagnosed as having dermal melanocyte hamartoma, a distinct type of dermal melanocytosis.
